Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-04
THE GRANGE LECTURE.

The visit Of the lecturer of the national
grange. T. Of H., Mortimer Whitehead OF
New Jersey, ou Tuesday last, called out lj1
to POO member, of the various oranges la
this ,ectim Ia the afternoon secret
council was held in Crosby hall, and in the
evening Mr. Whitehead gave a public ad
dress. which was listened u 10y fair sized
audience composed Of grungers and cit
zen, generally David Perry. Jr master
of tine locul grange, in few remarks intro
durcd the speaker Of the evening. who. ia
AN address Of something more than two
hours duration. gave AN interesting az
count of the growth. character. aims and
achievement, of the order which he repre-
scented The order of Patrons Of HUI.
handry, he said. wa, founded twenty years
aeu. and though Ia it, infancy il was the
subject of much ridiculc. and many III
stances could he pointed out where. for VA
riuus reasons. local oranges had been ahau-
doned. Yet the order a. Il whole il TO-DAY in
a healthy growing condition. and the know
ing ones realize that 1t has come 10 stay
Daring the past year IA substantial increase
ia membership ha, been made in Maine
New Hampshire, Massachusetts. Connect
cut. New York, Pennsylvania. Texas ami
elsewhere
Organization for the protection Of mutual
interests is as neelful for the farming class
a. for other clnssc, of the community: and
/ indeed, 1t is all the more needful today b,-
cause all other Glasses of business people.
manufacturers, tradesmen. mechanics
and hootblacks. even are already organ
| led. and only through united action ON tie
/ part Of farmers can they protect themselves
/ from the power Of monopolies and prevent
| the enactment of unjust laws.
The leading features OF the institution
known as the Patrons of llushandrv are f.
nancial and educational-the latter being Of
much the greater Importance. 1t has been
said of the farmers. from time immemurial.
/ that they We're the bone and Siney" of the
land but the farmers horses and cattle
have more bone and muscle than he it Is
only in intellect that he is their superior.
and 1t is intellect that tells. knowledge is
power. and higher and broader education
Is what the farmers OF our country chiefly
need today
In illustrating the financial advantages
tn he derived from organized effort among
farmers, alluson was made to the operation
of the Delaware peach growers exchange
whereby the farmers of that great peach
growing section had made saving of 5000.
600 over and above what they had realized
when selling III the old hap-hazard way :
also to the similar organization which has
been lately formed among the orange grow
ers of Florida. In the matter of fire in
Surance, the speaker said, the granger oh
tains for ~ cents what formerly cost him
81, and for his life insurance he only paws
81 for what otherwise he would have to pay
- or 50.
The speaker claimed for the grange the
credit OF the passage of the oleumargarine
blll by Congress at its last session alsu the
passage of the interstate commerce hill
which is now awaiting the PRESIDENT 'si,,-
nature, as well as the defeat of the Town
Senator Wilson's till proposing to double
the postage ON packages Of merchandise.
seeds and miscellaneous matter sent hy
mail. The 50 called granger" decisions re
Gently made 10y the United States supreme
court were mStanced as lruits-impurtant
aud heneiicent oneS-of the oranges lnhur.
The effort to have Congress pass "a law max
ing the Commissioner of Agriculture "A mem.
her Of the Presidents cabinet is vet destined
To succeed. the lecturer said and "A new
project which the grange has taken up i,
that of providing that United States sena
tors, instead of being chosen by the sev-
ernl state legislatures, shall be elected hy
the direct vote of the people.
The speaker discussed the tariff question
at considerable length, making some point
ed thusls ut the leaders of both the dnmi-
nant political parties. the gist of his re.
marks being that the farmers must look out
for their own interests irrespective of the
talk of politicians and party leaders He
declared that the plan now urged hy Prcsi
dent Cleveland and other Democratic lead
ers for removing the tariff ON raw mate
rlals wool, hides, hay, flax. hemp, sugar
rice, ctc.,-Wus something which the farm.
ers OF the country ought not to submit to
IL would be ruinOus to their interests
N"nld sheep-raisng be profitable in Yer
mont without tariff upon wool Woul,
hay he profitable crop here if the fond
gates were opened from Canada. with ia,
railroads charging freight rates as now
the less cost for the longer distance WHY
remove the tariff from raw materials anC
not from manufactured articles Does 4
require Intelligence and skill TO weave WOO
tahrlcs and none to grow the wool /,
purify the sugar and none To grow tn,
cane 10 TAN and work up the hides, ant
none to grow the cattle or hay Eithe,
give protection to all home industries. saiC
the speaker, or let us have free trade ther
there will be no injustice done to any class
But education is what our farmers mos
need. They must learn TO look out fol
Their own interests, instead of trusting I,
lawyers they must acquire am understand
ing OF the questions which underlie our ma
tional politics-must learn To lead wber,
they now follow-must learn 10 drive. sine,
they in reality hold the reins of govern
mentTand it is the purpose of the granp,
To enable them to do this.
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